How Music Got Free (2024)

06/11/2024 (US) • 41m

Documentary, Crime

Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed.

Overview

Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft – and be celebrated for it.

Top Billed Cast

Rhymefest

Self - Artist

2 Episodes

Eminem

Self - Music Artist

2 Episodes

Method Man

Self - Narrator (voice)

2 Episodes

Dell

Self - CD Plant Employee/Pirating

2 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

2024 | 2 Episodes

Season 1 of How Music Got Free premiered on June 11, 2024.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

piracy

copyright

miniseries

law enforcement

file sharing

social change

music industry

music piracy

music documentary

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